County Antrim - Paranormal Database Records

Sinking Coach

Location: Antrim - Antrim CastleType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 31 May (reoccurring)Further Comments: A coach pulled by a team of four horses which sunk into the pond drowning all on board is seen repeating the tragic accident once a year. In addition, a stone wolfhound which stands by the gateway is said to have once been flesh and blood - the dog gave a warning to an advancing sneak attack upon the castle before turning into rock. It now safeguards the Clotworthy family name on the condition it is never removed. Finally, the sound of heavy breathing can be heard coming from the ruined building.

Location: Antrim Town - Corner of the Belmont Road and Cunningham WayType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A number of residents to the area have spotted ghosts of people hanging from the trees. Local folklore says that this was once the location of a hanging tree.

Female Cyclist

Location: Antrim town - Dublin Road (poss. British Road), towards the airportType: Unknown Ghost TypeDate / Time: 1991Further Comments: While travelling to work, a man spotted a young girl wearing a long 1900's type dress cross the road on an old fashioned bicycle. When the witness reached the point where he had seen her, he realised that there were no gaps in the heavy hedge rows and that on either side of the road deep ditches leading into heavily ploughed fields made it impossible for anyone to cross at that point.

Black Panther

Location: Ballybogy (aka Ballybogey) - General areaType: ABCDate / Time: September 2002Further Comments: The RSPCA, while searching for a mountain lion which had left paw prints in Portballintrae, discovered more tracks which they claimed were made by a black panther.

Operation Big Cat

Location: Ballybogy (aka Ballybogey) - General area and surrounding countrysideType: ABCDate / Time: 2003Further Comments: A joint army and police team created 'Operation Big Cat' after two dead calves were found and a local man admitted releasing a puma and a panther from his private collection. Although there were dozens of sightings and livestock attacks, the cats were never caught.

Black Nun

Location: Ballycastle - GraveyardType: LegendDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A local legend says if you walk around Julia McQuillan's (aka the black nun) grave seven times clockwise, seven times anticlockwise and then place your hand through the hole in the grave, you will summon the ghost of the nun. McQuillan was a recluse who became renown after issuing seven prophesies.

Lady Isobel Shaw

Location: Ballygally - Ballygally Castle HotelType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Twentieth centuryFurther Comments: Lady Isobel jumped to her death from an upper window to escape a slow lingering death administrated by her husband. She now knocks on various doors before running away. Madame Nixon is named as another ghost to be found here, and can be recognised by the rustling of her dress.

Coachman

Location: Ballymena - Dundermot MoundType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A phantom coach and four ride around the area. The ghostly driver will ask anyone he spots 'is the bridge at Glarryford still up?' - any answer will ensure the witness will die within a year.

Hell Gate

Location: Ballymena - Dundermot MoundType: OtherDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Dundermot Mound is reported to be the location of a secret entrance to hell - occasionally it opens up, releasing demons who take any witnesses straight to the underworld.

Headless Horseman

Location: Ballymena - Road leading to the White Gates, Crebilly Road areaType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 31 October (reoccurring)Further Comments: A robber escaping from a house rode into a thin piece of wire tightly pulled between the gateposts here, losing his head in the process. His decapitated shade is either seen or heard at Halloween, still on horseback.

Carrie

Location: Ballymena - Tullyglass HotelType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2000sFurther Comments: Carrie is believed to have died in the tower around two hundred years ago when the Tullyglass was a mansion house.

George Hutchinsons

Location: Ballymoney - Main StreetType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Midnight, every Friday the thirteenth (reoccurring)Further Comments: With a large metal ball chained to his ankle, George 'Bloody' Hutchinsons walks one way down the street before turning back again. It is reported that anyone who can prevent him from completing his journey will dismiss the spirit forever.

Location: Belfast - Ardilea StreetType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: Nineteenth century?Further Comments: John Savage owned a number of properties along this road. After he committed suicide, his ghost was said to return to this area.

Footfalls

Location: Belfast - Belfast PrisonType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: October 1986Further Comments: A prison officer reported hearing the sound of heavy rubber-soled boots while on his rounds, even though all staff were issued with sneakers. Believing his co-workers were playing a joke on him, he checked up on them, and found that they were playing cards. A couple of hours later, the officer heard a voice call out 'numbers C3', though once again could not find who was responsible. Asking his co-workers if they were responsible, they denied it, and recommended that the officer didn't say anything to anyone.

Lion

Location: Belfast - Cavehill Park, Upper Hightown endType: ABCDate / Time: 31 August 2008Further Comments: Several independent witnesses called the police to report a sandy coloured cat in this park. The nearby Belfast Zoo reported no animals missing. A search of the area by police failed to find the feline.

Daniel Joseph Jaffe

Location: Belfast - City CemeteryType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Daniel is said to have started haunting the area around his monument after it was vandalised.

Ethel

Location: Belfast - Craigavon HouseType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: December 2014Further Comments: East Coast Paranormal Society carried out an investigation on this site and claimed to have caught a bearded figure reflected in a mirror. Another entity said to haunt the building is 'Ethel', a former matron who worked on the site when it was a hospital.

Amelia

Location: Belfast - Crown BarType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 2008Further Comments: Paranormal investigator Michael Hirons claimed to make contact with a former prostitute named Amelia and previous landlord Michael Flannagan during a sťance. Amelia is said to have broken her neck after falling down the stairs of the bar.

Face in a Coffin

Location: Belfast - Crumlin Road Prison (now a museum)Type: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: A visitor who lay in a coffin for a photograph later realised that the captured image showed a strange face next to his. It is worth noting that the photograph is likely to be a case of pareidolia rather than the paranormal. The prison is also home to a phantom man seen walking down C Wing, and the sounds of both male and female voices.

Hand Holder

Location: Belfast - Friar's Bush area - tunnel running between two areas of Queen's UniversityType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: One person reported a phantom hand which clasped their own as they walked through the tunnel.

Stoker

Location: Belfast - HMS CarolineType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: UnknownFurther Comments: Currently undergoing refit as a museum, HMS Caroline is reputedly home to a phantom stoker who is said to have committed suicide on the ship.

Hitchhiker

Location: Belfast - Horseshoe BendType: Haunting ManifestationDate / Time: 1970s onwards, last seen 2008Further Comments: A vanishing hitchhiker is reported to haunt this area, last seen by a group of five friends driving through the area.